So happy to be back! And I LOVE diving into the topic of this episode: yin energy, yule time and the holy days around the winter solstice. This time of year has ancient roots of rejoicing, feasting and being together. So many modern holiday (meaning “holy day'') traditions are based in pagan or nature-centered spirituality and they are beautiful to acknowledge and celebrate. This is the special time of year where we can really “lean in” to the divine feminine, the warm and nurturing things that bring us hope for the future. It’s a wonderful time of year to carve out time for ourselves to be still, introspective and grateful. Happiest holidays to all our amazing listeners around the world!

2022 had many lessons, challenges and gifts. If you would like to reflect, process, absorb and integrate those important lessons and experiences here’s our FREE “Connect + Reflect: 2022 workbook”:

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Here’s the link to the Girl God book, “Songs of Solstice”:

https://thegirlgod.blogspot.com/2022/11/about-songs-of-solstice.html

Featured song:

“Solstice Carole” by Wyrd Sisters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T0i4akX5a8

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Part of owning and embodying our power is by owning the energy we create and transmit to the outside world (and to ourselves).

By taking responsibility for the energy we bring, we are acknowledging the power we have, while consciously creating the lives and futures we want. We are not mere victims of life’s circumstances. We are powerful agents of our own lives. We create and attract what we “put out there”.

Don’t you think it's time we owned the energy we put out into the world?

Well, let’s do this!

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Featured song:

“Karma” by Taylor Swift

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1imWezhl2T0

Link to Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's TedTalk "My stroke of insight":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

There’s a whirlwind of chaos going on out there and it can be so easy to get swept away into it. It’s time that we prioritize our own peace. It’s time that we purposefully sought out peace for yourselves. It’s time that we *created* more peace in our lives. And there are so many ways to do it!

What brings you peace? What allows you to slow down and catch your breath? What nourishes you and helps you feel grounded and whole? We talk about all this and much more in this episode!

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Featured song:

“Queen Of Peace” by Nalini Blossom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rPD9ZCiiYk

Nalini Blossom’s website:

https://www.naliniblossom.com/

I’m back from summer holidays and ready to give you your podcast dose of encouragement, support and sisterly love. If you are feeling a little lost lately, you are NOT alone. The whole world is in a state of transition as we stare down the barrels of so many unknowns. It’s OK to feel a little (or a lot) lost right now. It’s normal, even. And I’m here to remind you that you are strong and powerful, even when you feel lost. PLUS, feeling lost is part of our heroine’s journey. Or as Christina Feldman explains in her fantastic book, “The Quest of the Warrior Woman”, a “season of discontent” is part of our warrior process. We are growing, evolving and figuring out how to use our power for GOOD.

No woman is an island. So glad to be back with you!

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Featured song:

“Solsbury Hill” performed by Jodi Martin, written by Peter Gabriel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbz9SoZZdk

It’s here! Your Summer Jams for Strong Women 2022 is here!

This is a list designed to help you feel good about yourself. It’s designed to help you feel powerful in your woman-self. And it’s designed to help you feel happy, encouraged and inspired. Turn it on when you are about to go for a walk, a drive or when you are to clean, chop, cook, chill, sip or chat with friends.

This list is perfect for feeling powerful and fun in the sun.

So, go ahead and have a listen.

Here’s the list, enjoy and share!

Special - Lizzo

Irrelevant - P!ink

Known - Phillippa Hanah and Lily Jo

Grown Woman - Beyoncé

Forgive Yourself - Em Beihold

Me and My Girls - Selena Gomez

Not your Barbie girl - Ava Max

March March - The Chicks

Woman Up - Meghan Trainor

You need to calm down - Taylor Swift

Lost Woman - Ani Difranco

Revolution - Coco Love Alcorn

Happy Summer!

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What a week, right? What year is this even? How do I process all that’s happening in the world? We cover that and much more in our latest episode. There are plenty of reasons to become radicalized - to hold views in opposition to the current political, social, or religious status quo. We have SO many systems that are not working for us. It’s time we challenge these systems by speaking up - using our voices AND our actions. It’s time we practise radical self-acceptance, radical self-love, radical compassion and radical self-worth. It’s time we acknowledge that we’ve been radicalized and now we are ready for the next steps. Come on ladies, let’s get in formation.

And dayum, we need to stop the roll back on human rights, including women’s personhood and sovereignty.

Featured song:

“Lost Woman” by Ani Di Franco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbNRA9JVMQM

To listen to our Strong Women Co playlist “Abortion is Healthcare” here’s the link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mdtXmDpBOb1dbZhJQt1u3?si=d43ad00efd4d47cb

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It’s time for a little healing, letting go and all that other good stuff. In this episode we talk about why women find it so hard to forgive themselves and why we punish ourselves for past perceived mistakes. We also talk about the magic of forgiving ourselves and creating room for our better, happier future. We even finish the episode with a tiny, easy exercise in realtime to help you forgive yourself a little more. You and your bright future deserve it.

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Featured song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2nnJ2Znt_4

If Mothers Ran the World There Would Be No War

In this episode designed to empower and encourage, Kelly talks about what it would mean if mothers ran the world. We look at cultures where women and mothers traditionally lead and talk about how after making, growing and keeping alive another human, you are less likely to send a child to war. We talk about the power of women to “break the script” of the status quo and how it’s time that people with pro-social, pro-future, pro-collective good perspectives were catapulted into decision-making and leadership positions.

Quotes mentioned in the episode:

“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.”

- E. M. Forster

I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do not want to see our children killed. Maybe I am completely idealistic, but until we see women in equal positions of power in the world, I just think that we are doomed.”

- Meryl Streep

“If men cannot get along without the shedding of blood and putting the knife to the throat of a brother, let them no longer set themselves up as guides and rulers but confess their self-evident insufficiency and turn the management of affairs over to the mothers who will temper their justice with love and enthrone mercy on the highways.”

- Mary Elizabeth Lease

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Featured song:

“In These Arms, A Prayer for All Beings” by Jennifer Berezan and Friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQDtK4YeZng

For our 4th year in a row I am so excited to share with you our International Women’s Day Special hosted by our treasured host and moderator, Sarojini! We talk about the matriarchy of Jamaica, wrestling with your own feminisms today, dismantling the patriarchy, the empowering practice of dismantling our limiting beliefs while anchoring ourselves into our woman/goddess power + more! And as a special intro for IWD, my daughter Violet joins me to wish you Happy International Women’s Day in her own special way.

Stand in your power, sister.

Happy IWD!

Very special thanks to our organizer Sarojini Ramnarine-Lang (Creator/Producer/Host) and my fellow panelists Didan Ashanta - Founder of Resilient Foreigner, Renata Lang - Diversity Officer/Organizer and Barb Walsh - Advisor, Black Centric Programming, Association For New Canadians.

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I was so glad to chat with Elaine Dunphy about the revolution of joy and the beauty of connecting to our bodies. Elaine teaches classes of beautiful moving meditations called NIA. And who couldn’t use more tools to add joy, health and happiness to our lives? PLUS, I have great news that she’s giving us all a FREE CLASS in the Strong Women Co Tribe! Let’s make more joy in our lives!

As Elaine explains it, “As adults we are somehow of the belief that there is no time for bringing out our inner child to play anymore - Nia is an outlet to let that happen. Nia invites you to step away from your everyday schedule and take one hour just for you to dance and move your body. The neat part is that if you have two left feet, Nia is a perfect class for you - this is about moving your body YOUR way. The result is stress free movement of your body done to uplifting music that leaves you feeling relaxed and refreshed.

Elaine’s personal mantra is JOY – finding it in her life and sharing it with others and creating joy through movement sharing the Nia Philosophy with her students.”

It’s time we focused on ourselves a little more. Let’s do this!

To join our FREE online Tribe AND sign up for Elaine’s FREE CLASS:

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(If you have any issues with this, email [email protected])

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For more information – you can find Elaine on Facebook at Nia on the Rock

https://www.facebook.com/Nia-on-the-Rock-105412776933066

Elaine’s website is www.findyourjoywithelaine.com

Featured song:

“Revolution” by Coco Love Alcorn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZfHWQ10NTw